Government/Military

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-11] Harris Corp. received a 10-year, $85 million contract extension from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue developing the Alaskan Satellite Telecommunications Infrastructure (ASTI) system as...

[Satellite TODAY 07-26-11] Integral Systems received a $468,000 contract from mZeal Communications to provide space systems expertise and Multi-level Secure (MLS) network architecture to support mZeal’s Mission-Aware Network Architecture for...

[Satellite TODAY 07-25-11] Canadian satellite information solutions company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has received $7.9 million in follow-on contracts from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the company announced July...

[Satellite TODAY 07-25-11] A small piece of cloth stuck in a fuel line may be the reason that the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite hasn’t reached its...

[Satellite TODAY 07-25-11] The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has deployed the communication antenna on-board the recently launched GSAT-12 communication satellite, ISRO chairman K. Radhakrishnan announced July 22.    ISRO...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-22-11] U.S. military budget cuts proposed in Congress’ Defense Appropriations bill in June risk the loss of skilled aerospace workforce, as well as capabilities to design and...

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-11] Thales Alenia Space has won Phase B contracts from Italian space agency ASI to support two parts of the Solar Orbiter satellite mission under the European Space...

[Satellite TODAY 07-21-11] Orbital Sciences’ Dawn interplanetary spacecraft has successfully completed its rendezvous and achieved orbit around the solar system’s second most massive asteroid, Vesta, the company announced July 20....

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-20-11] Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) satellite launch delays are impacting Tata Sky’s ability to supply the spectrum needed to support its future telecom and broadcast services,...

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-11]The U.S. Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization has awarded Inmarsat subsidiary Stratos Government Services a maximum $315 million, eight-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to provide satellite communications to the...